Directory

Work Experience

English teacher – Wicomico County (grades 9 – 12)
Reading intervention specialist – Wicomico County (grades 6 through 8)
Adjunct professor – Salisbury University (Reading in the Content Areas)
Professional development instructor – Wicomico County
Academic Coaching – Worcester County – Pocomoke

Committees

Wor-Wic Developmental Education Committee (Director)
Wor-Wic Faculty Professional Development Committee
Wor-Wic Student Success Priority Team member
Wor-Wic Community College Faculty Council (former president)
Eastern Shore Reading Council member (former president & membership director)
Eastern Shore Writing Project – Teacher Consultant

Community Service

Diakonia Volunteer – Food pantry and thrift store

Awards

2018 Light of Literacy – Nominee, Higher Education

Publications

• “High School GPA: An Alternate Placement Tool.” Capella University (dissertation), 2015

Presentations

• “ Using High School GPA as an Alternate Placement Tool.” Poster session, presented at AFACCT, Carroll Community College, January 2015.
• “Dreaming Big: What Happens if Common Core Promises Come True?” (with Elaine Vander Clute, Suzy McKeen and Beth Jones). Presented at AFACCT 2015, Carroll Community College, January 2015.
• “Using GPA to Waive out of Developmental English Course: from Pilot to Policy.” Presented at MACC Summit, December 2015.
• “Redesigning Remediation to Increase Equity and Improve the Success of Nontraditional Learners.” Presented at Voices for Research on Community College Conference, Community College Research Center, April 2019.
“Understanding Developmental Education.” College Council, Wor-Wic Community College, April 2022.
• “Due dates, Time Management, and assignment completion: Tips to Support Struggling Students Succeed.” Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, August 2022.
• “Creating a Bot-Resistant Writing Assignment.” (With Mel Reddish) Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, August 2023.
• “Cracking the Code: Using ChatGPT to Write Code Inserts for Writing Prompts.” Faculty Professional Development, Wor-Wic Community College, April 2024.

Interests

Animal rescue
Paddleboarding